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Are Juices And Cookies Advisable For Someone With Diabetes ?

I have just been diagnosed with diabetes and am sorting out a food list. I live in a Nursing Home. Am I allowed juices [like V8]; ice-cream and cookies [arrowroots, social tea or any others]. May I have eggs? Is THERE a Gyclemic Food list....My thanks
Mon, 4 May 2015
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Ayurveda Specialist 's  Response
1. Advise regarding diet restriction will be:

i. Say NO to: sugar,all sweets, cakes,sweetened biscuits/drinks,jam,honey, sweet fruits like mangoes and grapes,canned sweet fruits.

ii. Eat in plenty: all leavy vegetables, tomato, cucumber, brinjal,cauliflower, lady's finger, soup, butter milk,sugar free drinks,tea/coffee with sweetener, all cereals, sprouted pulses.

iii. Eat restricted quantities: chapati,roti,bread, cornflour, plain or salted biscuits, rice,meat,EGGS, chicken, fish,skimmed milk.

iv. Other Instructions:
. Regularise timings and quantity pf meals.
. Be careful in festivals ans marriages, compensate for extra sweets by previous and subsequent meals.
. Do not remain starving for long periods.
. Check blood sugar once in 3-6 months, lipid profile,retinoscopy ( once a year), ultrasonography of abdomen for pancreas,on detection of diabetes.
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Are Juices And Cookies Advisable For Someone With Diabetes ?

1. Advise regarding diet restriction will be: i. Say NO to: sugar,all sweets, cakes,sweetened biscuits/drinks,jam,honey, sweet fruits like mangoes and grapes,canned sweet fruits. ii. Eat in plenty: all leavy vegetables, tomato, cucumber, brinjal,cauliflower, lady s finger, soup, butter milk,sugar free drinks,tea/coffee with sweetener, all cereals, sprouted pulses. iii. Eat restricted quantities: chapati,roti,bread, cornflour, plain or salted biscuits, rice,meat,EGGS, chicken, fish,skimmed milk. iv. Other Instructions: . Regularise timings and quantity pf meals. . Be careful in festivals ans marriages, compensate for extra sweets by previous and subsequent meals. . Do not remain starving for long periods. . Check blood sugar once in 3-6 months, lipid profile,retinoscopy ( once a year), ultrasonography of abdomen for pancreas,on detection of diabetes.